One Direction become ‘Juan Direction’ in Saturday Night Live spoof

Boyband One Direction showed off their funny side when they appeared on the hit US show Saturday Night Live as a Mexican version of themselves.

One Direction dressed up in retro costumes to become Juan Direction on Saturday Night Live (Picture: Xposurephotos.com)

The band, who were making their debut on the long-running show, took the opportunity to dress up in retro costumes, false moustaches and curly wigs – and become ‘Juan Direction’.

And they even adopted new names as their Mexican alter egos – with Harry Styles becoming Carlito, Louis Tomlinson Pepito, Liam Payne Martito and Zayn Malik Miguelito – while Niall Horan was simply referred to as ‘Dick’.

The spoof also featured Modern Family star Sofia Vergara – who was guest host of the show – and series regular Kristen Wiig, who also dressed up for the sketch.

The band seemed to be so at home in their new guises that Louis even took to wearing the moustache later on in the show.

As well as starring in the sketch they also performed their hits What Makes You Beautiful and One Thing.

The boys previously showed off their comic timing with an appearance on the Nickolodeon hit iCarly.

They featured as part of the storyline in their episode – which saw Harry being struck down by a mystery tropical illness – as well as performing.